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Blippy Automatically Shares Your Credit Card Habits With the World

by Jay Garrett on February 17, 2010

If you’re the type of person who likes to brag about the amount of cash you’ve splashed and what on – Blippy is calling you!

Blippy basically gives your credit card its own Facebook and Twitter account and each time the plastic gets spanked Blippy gets to know and then, so will everyone else – so, careful when shopping at more adult-centric stores ;)

You can log into Blippy via your Twitter or Facebook accounts and then you can select which stores (iTunes, Amazon, Threadless, etc) you want your transactions blipped about – so, if you have some shady purchases or buying gifts at least you have the choice whether or not this info is transmitted.

As expected, you need to enter your credit card details for Blippy to work – time to start the gulp-o-matic-a-go-go!!

Blippers? get to see popular purchases from around the Blipperverse via their feeds which could be useful if you want to see what’s trending – which may be more handy for stores than punters.

Would you be happy with uploading all your credit card details and then sharing your spending habits with the world?

Comment below (you don’t have to tell me your bank details!) :)

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro Brings the QWERTY at MWC

by Jay Garrett on February 15, 2010

If the only thing holding you back from owning Sony Ericsson’s HD recording Vivaz is your fear of virtual keyboards – have a look-see at the new Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro!

The QWERTY board adds a tiny 2.5mm to the Vivaz’s slimline ‘human curvature’ contours, but you do seem to lose some features.

Instead of an 8.1 MP snapper of the Vivaz, the Vivaz Pro gets a shaved down 5.1 number. You still, however keep the lovely 720p HD video recording and a 3.2-inch screen which is a relief! :)

Wi-Fi, GPS and the 3.5mm headphone jack are as should be as is the microSD card slot.

“Having announced Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ in January we are now adding a sister phone that includes a QWERTY keyboard along with the touch screen for a superior messaging and entertainment experience,” said Daniel Sandblom Marketing Business Manager, Sony Ericsson. “Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ pro meets the increased consumer demand for QWERTY devices without compromising on any entertainment features.”

Here’s a quick features listlet:

  • Full slide-out keyboard for faster typing
  • Stay in touch through email, Twitter™, Facebook™, blogging and chat
  • View everything on the 3.2” 16:9 wide touchscreen
  • Capture the action in HD resolution – upload to YouTube via Wi-Fi™
  • PlayNow – immediate online access to applications, games and music.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ pro will be available in selected markets from Q2 in the colours Black and White.

I’m hoping to get a grope of this tomorrow.

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iPhone gets More Cowbell for Winter Olympics

February 11, 2010 Click to read more →
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You can’t have winter sports without the backing track of cowbells being whacked as a skier goes flying past.
You try getting a cowbell on a plane in the current security climate and you’re not only going to be looking at getting nudie-scanned but probably getting unpleasantly probed.
Fear not as this inexpensive iPhone app is here [...]

Google Buzz Rattles Microsoft and Yahoo!

February 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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Google looks like it’s fancying some of the social network pie with Buzz.
Google Buzz is based around Gmail and, like other places, lets you share information, photos videos and status updates. It also connects with Flickr and Twitter so you can spread your endless, pointless news with everyone you know and others that you’ve managed [...]

Apple Tablet Price Slips out as does Other Product(s)

January 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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Not long now.
Apple’s ‘latest creation’ should appear in a few short hours and the loose lips have started.
A German electronics retailer apparently Tweeted the European launch date and pricing for the Apple iSlate.
Ooopsy!
Media Markt let slip that the iSlate would cost 499 Euros on a T-Mobile contract, or 899 Euros without which, if all things [...]

MusicDNA to Replace MP3 and Stop File Sharing – Really?

January 25, 2010 Click to read more →
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Wow – this is quite a brave move.
A new audio format has been proposed by the co-inventor of the MP3 and a Norwegian company called Bach.
MusicDNA apparently adds a stack of extra rich media content on to the music.
This is another move to make buying legal downloads more attractive – yes, it’ll still cost you [...]

Twitterific Ollie Now Available – Twitter Tweety Bird Mascot

January 14, 2010 Click to read more →
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Iconfactory, the people behind Twitterific, has now made two types of Ollie, the cute blue bird, available to own.
So you can tweet with Ollie sat with you.
Iconfactory obviously thinks that this will be a winner:
“We’re pleased to announce that our vinyl collectible figure of Ollie, the Twitterrific mascot, is now shipping worldwide”
The online store says:
“Ollie [...]

My Essential Blogging Gadgets from 2009?

December 31, 2009 Click to read more →
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As I write this, 2009 is coming to a close. I thought it would be fun to look back at all the great gadgets that we bought, played with, and still love. For this article I focused on the gadgets I used for blogging, but I would love to hear about your favorite gadgets of [...]

Record Video on Your Non-Jailbroken iPhones! iVideoCamera

December 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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That’s right my gadgety iPhone owners!
Whether you have the 2G or 3G Appley handheld you can now do the same as what those iPhone 3GS owners can do and record videos!
The most important feature of iVideoCamera app is that you can export those flicks to the camera roll of the Photo’s app.
This means that after [...]

More Googlephone News Comes To Light – Nexus One Confirmed

December 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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After this picture appeared on Twitter following the breaking news on the same microblogging site that some Googlers were handed the new Google blower more information has trickled out.
Not only has Google confirmed that its employees have been given a new mobile device to test but it seems that the new smartphone is to be [...]

Google Phone Here Next Month

December 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, The Google Phone.
That mythical, legendary and oft rumoured handset that has taunted the iPhone from the safe confines of non-Apple-lovin imaginations for the last couple of years.
That is all set to change next month as the G-branded blower is (allegedly) ready to drop in a few weeks.
Twitter reports from a CNet staffer and some [...]

INQ 3G Socially Active Phone Now Available in UK – Loves iTunes

December 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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The INQ Chat 3G handset, remember – the ‘BlackBerry for the Facebook generation’?
Well it’s now on sale for the stocking-filler price of £100.
The social butterfly’s blower looks like it shares parentage with some of RIM’s most loved offers up widgets for Twitter and Facebook right there on the homescreen.
There’s great news for those that get [...]

Square iPhone Credit Card Swiping Brought by Twitter Founder

December 3, 2009 Click to read more →
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Square has launched an iPhone and iPod dongle and brings cashless payment to both of the touchscreened Apple hand-helds.
The small card reader plugs into a standard 3.5mm headphone socket and Square hopes to enable smaller retailers to take card payments.
Simply pay for your shopping by swiping your card through a small card reader plugged [...]

Twitter Tops English Word of the Year List

November 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, Twitter.
There’s definitely those for and those against the micro-blogging phenomenon but no matter which side you’re on chances are that you’ve uttered the ‘T’ word.
So much so that you’re responsible for making Twitter the most used English word of 2009!
Out of the 1.58 billion English speakers in the world, it looks like, plenty many [...]

Microsoft Zune Really Coming to the UK at Long Last

November 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Zune coming to UK?
Yeah – that’s what I thought when I was told this.
I reckoned that these very shores were going to get a taste of the MP3 player that was designed to take on Apple’s iPod.
Ok, so almost four years later the Zune only owns 2% of the US MP3 market – a [...]

NASA iPhone App – Check Out What’s Happening in Outerspace and Watch Space Junk Orbit Earth

October 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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Anyone with the slightest interest in what happens in the area above our atmosphere *must* get this new free iPhone app from NASA!
Yup – if the boring commute gets too much you can flip through the universe. How many other apps can do that?
You get to access NASA’s actual countdown clocks, view the NASA [...]

ViconReview – Auto Life Blogging 30 Seconds at a Time.

October 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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You update your Twitter and Facebook regularly and your Twitpic and Flickr pages are awash with little glimpses into your life.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a specially designed camera for lifeblogging updates?
Say, a snap every 30 seconds?
The ViconRevue was developed to help stir the memories of Alzheimer’s sufferers, but now the Oxford-based [...]

Acer Liquid A1 – World’s First Android 1.6 HD Smartphone

October 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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That’s what Acer is dubbing their new blower.
Today Acer unveiled their first step into the world of Android-powered smartphones – and it looks like the Acer Liquid A1 has shiny shoes.
So – how about that claim then?
The Liquid A1 apparently owes the “world’s first Android 1.6 high definition smartphone” crown because of its large [...]

Steve Jobs Most Influential Person in Technology – Again

October 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Steve Jobs has done it again.
The fruity CEO has been named the most influential person in the technology industry, topping the 2009 Agenda Setter’s list compiled by Silicon.com.
Jobsy is the only person in the award’s ten-year history to have topped the poll twice.

The expert panel praised Apple’s “IT desirability” and “continuous innovation”.

Other folk [...]

Foursquare Social Gaming Comes to London – Earn Points and Badges by Eating, Drinking and Partying Round the Capital

October 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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Foursquare has announced that it’s bringing its location-based social networking game here to London.
The service that started in March awards points and badges for experiencing things in certain locations and is apparently quite the hit over in the USA but remains pretty much unknown on this side of the pond.
Foursquare is a location service-based social network/game.
It’s [...]

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